ABC Book Terms

By: Arlyn Nicolas Leyva

A

• Adams, Samuel: Boston patriot who opposed British taxation he establish the committee of correspondence leader of the sons of liberty and insisted a bill of rights be added to the constitution before ratification.

• American System: Henry clay’s plan for economic growth protective tariffs transport roads and canals 2nd national bank.

B

• Bernardo de Galvez: Spaniard who held off British in New Orland but allowed Americans use of the port.

• Bazaar, Philip: Navy seaman who was awarded the medal of honor for his valor in the battle for fort fisher of the American civil war.

C

• Calhoun john: vice president of the U.S created a doctrine of nullification which said that a state could decide if a law was continual.

• Compromise of 1850: Preserved balance of free slaves states and said that congress would not regulate slavery in territories California becomes a free state slave trade in D.C popular severity Mexican session.

D

• Dawes act: Indian policy that broke up reservations into individual land plots.

• Democratic party: modern democratic party began with the election of 1828 Andrew Jackson when democratic republicans split.

E

• Elizabeth caddy Stanton: author of declaration of the rights of women seeking equal rights for woman her and lacertian motto held the first woman's rights convention in Seneca falls N.Y

• Eli Whitney: invented the cotton gin and changeable parts.

F

• Federalist Party: Believe in strong national government higher tariffs government support of industry (Alexander Hamilton) and James Adams,

• Fugitive Slave Act: act that helped slave owners recover their runaway slaves from the north.

G

• Georgia v. Worcester: Cherokee nation sued Georgia to keep their lands and won but were removed by Jackson anyway.

• Gibbons v. Ogden: said that federal government had the power to regulate trade between states.

H

• Homestead act: law that a person could claim 160 acres of land in the western territories.

• Hutchinson, Anne: banished from Massachusetts colony one of the founder of Rhode Island.

I

• Individual rights: the first 10 amendments of the constitution protect individuals rights against the power of the government.

• Industrialism: the large scale introduction of manufacturing advanced technology enterprise and other productive economic activity into an area society country etc…

J

• James Madison: father of the constitution one of three authors of the federalist papers author of the bill of rights.

• John Locke: writings on the nature of government influenced the founding fathers government is developing by the consent of the people and inalienable rights life liberty and property.

K

• King George III: feared that the loss of one group of colonies would lead to the loss of others and the eventual decline of the empire to prevent this the crown Maintaded an aggressive policy against colonial resistance George III struggled to enforced royal authority through out his region.

• Kansas Nebraska act: slavery in each territory was to be decided by popular sovereignty (vote by the people.)

L

• Louisiana Purchase: land bought by the U.S in 1803 from Rocky Mts. To Mississippi River.

• Lincoln Abraham: President of the united states during the civil war (Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg address.

M

• Morse Samuel: inventor of the telegram.• Morill act: land grant that established

agriculture universities (Texas A & M )

N

• Northwest Ordinance: established government for the northwest territories and describe how a territory becomes a state.

• Nullification Compromise: Henry clay’s compromise to end the nullification crisis when the tariff would be lowered over 10 year period.

O

• Ordinance: a law or regulation• Override: to overturn or defeat as a bill

proposed in congress.

P

• Patriots: American colonist who were determined to fight the British until American intendance was won.

• Plantation: A large estate run by owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there.

Q

• Quincy John Adams: 6th president member of congress and favored strong nationalism against states rights and against the pro-slavery messages of John C Calhoun.

• Quakers: Idea a threat to established traditions.

R

• Reconstruction: the reorganization and rebuilding of the former confederate states after the civil war.

• Republicanism: favoring a republic or representative democracy as the best form of government.

S

• Sectionalism: loyalty to a region .• Secession: With drawl from the union.

T

• Triangular trade: a trade route that exchanged goods between the American colonies and west Africa.

• Tariff: a tax on imports or exports.

U

• Unalienable rights: a right that cannot be surrendered.

• Underground Railroad: a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out if the south to freedom in the north.

V

• Veto: To reject a bill and prevent it form becoming a law.

• Vigilantes: People who take the law into their own hands.

W

• William Blackstone: gave the 1st university lectures on English common law.

• Willam Penn: established pennaslyena as a refuge